Non-profit organisation, Djassi Africa, has officially announced its new Afropreneurs Brasil Fellowship, revealing a powerful cohort of 25 Fellows! The Afropreneurs Fellowship has been launched to increase the presence, visibility, and success rate of Black Founders in global innovation and entrepreneurship stages, including leading events and acceleration programmes. It’s objective is to increase the representation of all under-represented and under-served groups , as the lack of diversity and equity is costing entrepreneurship ecosystems returns, talent, and innovation. The 25 Afropreneurs Brasil Fellows who are building impactful and scalable startups across multiple industries, and solving Brasil’s greatest challenges, are: * Matheus Ribeiro – Muv Rental (Construtech)* Thaís Guerra -…
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On March 22, 2024, the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) hosted young, bright minds at the Exchange for a symposium and a closing gong ceremony, marking Global Money Week 2024 in collaboration with its partners – Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Securities and Exchanges Commision (SEC), Chapel Hill Denham, Central Securities Clearing System Plc, and Coronation MinieMoney. 🎥 MinieMonie Together, all stakeholders reaffirmed their dedication to empowering financial futures and emphasising the importance of financial literacy. Together, all stakeholders reaffirmed their dedication to empowering financial futures and emphasising the importance of financial literacy.
Dodai, a prominent electric vehicle (EV) company based in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, recently raised $4 million in Series A funding. This investment, one of the largest ever for an Ethiopian startup, will fuel the company’s growth and expansion plans. With origins in Addis Ababa, Dodai is electrifying Africa’s urban landscapes with innovative electric motorcycles, locally designed and manufactured. The funding round was led by prominent investors, including Nissay Capital (he corporate venture capital arm of Nissay, a $500 billion asset insurance and asset management company, making its first investment in Africa), and Musashi Seimitsu, (a $3 billion revenue automotive parts supplier).…
A decade of impact: Tony O. Elumelu C.F.R speaks at the announcement of Cohort 10 (1,104 beneficiaries) of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme Tony O. Elumelu C.F.R (Founder & Chairman, The Tony Elumelu Foundation) is one year older today, and he says: “[I am} +1 today and no better way to celebrate than announcing the 2024 beneficiaries of The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. “Over 1,000 young men and women from all 54 African countries will each receive a non refundable seed capital of $5,000 to help start their own businesses. “This journey began 10 years ago by Awele [Elumelu] and I,…
Dr. Dupe Burgess (Founder, Bloomful, UK) Dr. Dupe Burgess (Founder, Bloomful) was absolutely honoured to have received the Innovation Champion award at the recently held Black Tech Achievement Awards in London – for her work with Bloomful! Bloomful’s mission is to improve the lives of millions of women by making gynecology care accessible, affordable, and empowering. In reaction to the many current healthcare systems that are built on old models that fail to put women at the centre, Bloomful harnesses tech and science solutions to redress this imbalance. It is noteworthy that Bloomful offers a free online health assessment. Its clinically-verified algorithm…
Oluwapelumi Dada (L) chased down Sam Parr, and made a quick pitch for his app, One Click Apply Sam Parr (Founder of The Hustle – sold to Hubspot) is convinced that Oluwapelumi Dada deserves to be made famous on tech twitter And here is what transpired, as told by Sam:”I was on a run and this kid Oluwapelumi Dada stopped me. Was on his bike, chased me down, and was out of breath, ha!!”He wanted to show me a new app he built. It’s called One Click Apply, and lets students apply to lots of jobs at once. He posted…
#KillerPitchMaster, Precious L Williams (Founder & CEO, The Perfect Pitch Group) is thrilled to be able to share a fully-loaded ‘AI Writing Blueprint’ from her good friend, Tom Morkes (Co-founder of Infostack, and host of the AI Writing Summit). Morkes is a leading voice for ways in which writers can use AI to maximise their writing process, without sacrificing their soul or losing their unique voice. This comprehensive, no-fluff blueprint demystifies AI in simple, easy-to-understand terms, even if you’re starting from absolute scratch. Whether you’re crafting your next novel, writing engaging articles, or creating compelling marketing material, this blueprint shows…
Rising Tide Africa in collaboration with the African Angel Academy, UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and ProvidusBank invites you to its Investor Mixer. Join in for an evening of networking and knowledge-sharing, as well as hear from promising startups looking for investment and guidance.EVENT DETAILS🗓 Date: 21st March 2024.🕕 Time: 4 PM WAT📍 Venue: Impact Hub Lagos, 7A Milverton Rd, Ikoyi (Lagos-Nigeria)💌 Click the link to register: https://lnkd.in/dery3-dtFor more inquiries contact: operations@risingtideafrica.com ABOUT The Rising Tide Africa Programmes are part of a global movement to increase women’s participation in angel investing as an asset class. The Global movement originated as 180 women…
Team YouVerify Youverify, an award-winning financial crime platform that provides AI-powered Anti-Money Laundering solutions has announced a significant investment from Elm, a pioneering digital innovation and solutions company based in Saudi Arabia. Serving customers in 12 countries, Youverify’s solutions are essential for businesses aiming to maintain compliance, secure transactions, and foster trust. The investment from Elm will enable Youverify scale its products to additional markets, accelerating the production of its next-generation AML 2.0 products. Gbenga Odegbami (CEO of Youverify. With an impressive footprint in aggregating data for electronic identity verification (eIDv) in 45 countries, and business verification in over 140…
Obi Emetarom (CEO & Co-Founder of Zone) 🎥Zone Zone – a Nigerian blockchain startup specialising in payment processing solutions for banks and fintechs – is thrilled to announce that they have raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, co-led by Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital LLP. This investment will reinforce its promise of delivering reliable, frictionless and universally interoperable payment experiences at scale, for financial service providers on the Zone network. With this recent round of support, Zone has said it intends to deploy more robust technology, launch new use-cases and expand its network coverage. Also in view is a plan…